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Updated November 20th, 2019 at 14:14 IST

Nicolas Cage lands the role of Nicholas Cage in this metadrama

Nicolas Cage will be seen playing the role of Nicolas Cage in 'The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent'. The movie will revolve around the life of a movie star.

Reported by: Kaushal Ladhad
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Nicolas Cage is one of the most renowned faces of Hollywood. He has been seen in various roles over the years. From Marvel's anti-hero Ghost Rider to an adventurer in the National Treasure movie series — we have seen him blow his audience's minds with his performance. The actor who rose to fame after playing an ex-convict in the 1987 film Raising Arizona is reportedly not doing well currently and is acting in low budget films. For the first time, we are going to see him play himself in a metadrama titled The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.

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Nicolas Cage to play himself?

According to reports, the film is undergoing final negotiations and will be produced by Lionsgate. This movie is about a star who is having a bad time and wants to land a role in a new Quentin Tarantino film. He to make his ends meet and also keep his teenage daughter happy. So the star agrees to make an appearance at the birthday party of his billionaire fan. It turns out that the fan is a Mexican drug cartel kingpin and wants the star to see a film script he has written. The star later helps the CIA in getting intel on the kingpin so that they can take him down.

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It is reported that, currently, Nicolas Cage will be seen as the lead in this movie. Cage will be seen as a narcissistic version of himself who will be his future self for making too many low budget films. He also is currently facing a similar problem. This is just a coincidence that Nicolas Cage will be playing a role similar to his own. The story of this movie is written by Tom Gormican and Kevin Etten. Right now, it is said that no other actor is being considered to play the role of the star.

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Published November 20th, 2019 at 12:42 IST

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